School failure

School failure

The
European Ombudsmanruled in favorof TAO-AFI,
who had lodged acomplaint against the
Commission. He criticized the institution which failed properly to respond to
the requestof our association of carrying out an independent
external auditon the European Schools. He
qualified this as an instance of maladministration.

Despite thesubstantial financial
contributiongiven to theseschoolsby the Commission, no study hasbeenmade​​since their creationon thequality of education. The request of TAO-AFI,
originated bya group of parents,
was based on the observationof ahigh failure ratein some sections(especially in the French section)
and in certain subjects(especially
sciences) in secondary schools of
Brussels
andLuxembourg.

This decision wastransmitted to theCommittee on Culture andEducationandthe Committee on Petitionsof the European Parliament. Recently,this institutionhad made asimilar request to the Commission (report
Cavada, 2011).